The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors is broken, torn shingles lie on the roof, a wall of the building has been broken down, and debrisfills the exposed room. Broken boards lie around the building, next to the train tracks; a sign reads "Independence" is on the building.